| Examples of Health Issues |
Environmental Dimensions |
| Built/Physical |
Social |
Economic |
Natural |
| Health Protection |
| Immunisation |
Provision of immunisation facilities
Physical access
Access via public transport |
Demographic distribution of services |
Cost of services |
|
| Food safety |
Structural integrity of food premises |
Food standards to meet community expectations
Education for food handlers |
Cost of healthy food
Corporate promotion of genetically modified foodstuffs |
Impact of salinity, drought, urbanisation and climate change on food
quality |
| Air pollution |
Infrastructure planning promoting dependence on private transport:
freeways
Industrial impacts of chemical waste and spills
EPA neighbourhood air improvement plans
Works approvals |
Car dependency
Car culture |
Subsidisation of motor transport via economic policy
Privatisation: City Link, public transport |
Geographical features that trap air pollution, such as valleys |
| Health Development |
| Community safety / injury prevention |
Quality of curbs, footpaths, street lighting, public transport, traffic
management, pedestrian crossings |
Perceptions of safety
Risk-taking behaviour by age, gender, ethnicity
Farming practices
Traffic signalling that favours cars over pedestrians |
Cost of infrastructure maintenance and improvement |
Environmental hazards |
| Housing |
Quality of housing stock
Designing for sense of community |
Geographic dispersal of people requiring affordable housing |
Employment policy
Economic policy
Provision of affordable housing options |
Impact of climate on housing design |
| Mental health |
Provision of urban planning features, housing, parks, roads and transport
options that foster access, belonging and social inclusion |
Community building initiatives
Community facilities and support programs
Art and cultural programs |
Employment
Economic policy - eg rural decline |
Presence of natural vegetation to promote recreation, leisure, and
'contact with nature' |
| Drugs / Alcohol / Tobacco |
Access to point-of-sale
Injecting patterns across cityscape
Smoke-free venues
Advertising and displays |
Risk-taking behaviour
Service provision
Education
Sense of community
Systemic discrimination against minorities |
Cost of liquor and tobacco
Employment
Rural economy |
Pollution from cigarette butts, needles, syringes, bottles and cans |
| Target Groups |
| Youth |
Availability of spaces and places where young people can interact
and experience a sense of belonging |
Policies that exclude young people from privatised shopping malls
Mainstream attitudes and beliefs about young people |
Cost of providing holistic, preventative support and education, vs.
cost of correctional programs
Employment initiatives |
Availability of bushland and wilderness to encourage active leisure
and appreciation of natural environment |
| Older people |
Availability of local shops and amenities to encourage incidental
exercise and social interaction
Presence and timing of traffic lights to afford safe crossing of roads |
Demographic distribution of aged population
Indicators of social inclusion
Participation by older people in civic debate and service decision
making |
Cost of nursing home accommodation vs. private accommodation with
access to community support |
Convenient access to national parks
Impact of climate and weather on community participation |
| Koori |
Acknowledgement of, and provision for, places traditionally used as
meeting places, now part of urban landscape |
Legislation, social policy and education curricula that acknowledge
and address dislocation & discrimination
Mainstream attitudes and beliefs |
Long term costs of investment in prevention / empowering programs
vs. policies that reinforce dependence on State |
Acknowledgement of sacred sites in natural environment |
